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smaller leaves. It is an aromatic and ornamental plant, growing 

 wild in thickets and hedges, chiefly in a calcareous soil; and flowering 

 from the end of June through the following month. It is found in 

 most parts of Europe. 



There arc varieties with white flowers and light-green stalks ; 

 with purple flowers and with variegated leaves ; which is sometimes 

 cultivated in gardens under the title of Pot Marjoram, used in soups. 



The second species has the habit of Sweet Marjoram, but it is 

 woody: the stems woody, perennial, a foot and half high, branched, 

 spreading, with long hairs ; the leaves small, subsessile, acute, 

 thinly serrate, tomentose on both sides; with rudiments of branches 

 from the axils: the spikes heaped, as in the third sort, but oblong, 

 by threes on each peduncle, the middle ones sessile, villose: the 

 flowers are white, appearing in July. It is a native of Sicily. 



The third has a biennial brown root, with many long tough fibres: 

 the stems numerous, woody, branched, a foot and half high: the 

 leaves are downy, entire, pale green, petioled: the flowers small, 

 white, appearing successively between the bracteal leaves, which are 

 numerous, and form roundish compact terminating spikes. It be- 

 gins to flower in July, when it is cut for use, and called Knotted 

 Marjoram, from the flowers being collected into roundish knotted 

 close heads. It is probably a native of China. 



The fourth species has a perennial root, from which arise many 

 branching stalks a foot and half high, hairy, and inclining to a pur- 

 plish colour: the leaves ovate, obtuse, hairy, greatly resem bling those 

 of Sweet Marjoram, on short foot-stalks: the flowers in spikes about 

 two inches long, several arising together from the divisions of the 

 stalk: the flowers are small, white, peeping out of their scaly covers. 

 It grows naturally in Greece, c. 



It is at present commonly known by the name of Jointer Sweet 

 Marjoram, but was formerly called Pot Marjoram, being chiefly used 

 for nosegays, as coming sooner to flower than Sweet Marjoram. 



There is a variety with variegated leaves. 



The fifth is a perennial plant with a low shrubby stalk, seldom 

 rising more than a foot and half high, dividing into branches : the 



